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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who cautions Stoner about his affair with Katherine because he could lose his job?
(a) Lomax.
(b) Masters.
(c) Frye.
(d) Finch.

2. What word does the person helping Walker with his oral examination use when interrupting?
(a) Reword.
(b) Talking point.
(c) Clarification.
(d) Rephrase.

3. What does Stoner's student who audits his seminar present her final presentation on in Chapter IX?
(a) Petrarch.
(b) Renaissance Latin literature.
(c) Donatus on Shakespeare.
(d) The Sonnet.

4. Which of the following excuses does Stoner not use to see Katherine after helping her with her schoolwork in Chapter XII?
(a) Helps with translations.
(b) Gives her books.
(c) Brings her lunch.
(d) Offers advice for her dissertation.

5. How does Lomax respond to Stoner's threats of teaching his classes wrong in Chapter XIV?
(a) Fires him.
(b) Moves his office.
(c) Continues giving him poor classes.
(d) Gives him his schedule back.

6. Where does Stoner begin spending his time after Edith remodels his study?
(a) A park.
(b) The beach.
(c) The library.
(d) The university.

7. What is the only reason Stoner won't leave Edith?
(a) Her money.
(b) Their house.
(c) He loves her.
(d) Grace.

8. How does Stoner initially react to Walker's oral examination?
(a) Blown away.
(b) Unimpressed.
(c) Impressed.
(d) Intrigued.

9. Who puzzles over Lomax's devotion to Walker in Chapter X?
(a) Stoner and Finch.
(b) Frye and Stoner.
(c) Katherine and Finch.
(d) Stoner.

10. Who tells Stoner that he should be the one insulted by Charles Walker's presentation in Chapter IX?
(a) David.
(b) Hollis.
(c) Archer.
(d) Katherine.

11. What do Stoner and Katherine begin at the end of Chapter XII?
(a) A bitter rivalry.
(b) A friendship.
(c) A love affair.
(d) A working relationship.

12. Who is not present at Walker's oral examination?
(a) Lomax.
(b) Holland.
(c) Finch.
(d) Frye.

13. What two poles did university students lean to in regards to the feud between Lomax and Stoner?
(a) Indifference and protest.
(b) Fierce loyalty and avoidance.
(c) Avoidance and protest.
(d) Curiosity and indifference.

14. What kind of company does Edith become involved in after her father's death?
(a) Catering.
(b) Law office.
(c) Florist.
(d) Theater.

15. What does Stoner come down with in Chapter XIV?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Mono.
(c) Severe flu.
(d) Cancer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the head of the freshman English department that complains to Lomax about Stoner?

2. What is Stoner doing when Katherine comes to visit him in Chapter XII?

3. What does Lomax claim was the reason that Stoner was prejudiced against Walker?

4. Who aided Lomax in engineering university policies to help Walker?

5. What does Stoner refuse to let anyone do during his questioning of Walker in his oral examination?

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